This blog is produced by members of the Personal Injury department at Pannone LLP, a full service law firm based in Manchester city centre. Our Personal Injury Team is the top-rated team in the North West in Chambers Legal Directory. We undertake the full spectrum of personal injury work, from road traffic accidents to industrial disease cases; from travel and tourism litigation to catastrophic injury claims involving serious head, spinal and amputation injuries; from police assault and child abuse cases to group actions arising from major disasters.
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By Tim Grover in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Friday, April 9, 2010
After the Easter break I am well and truly on countdown to the summer. The holiday is booked and the passport checked and in date. However, here in the Pannone Travel Team we hear about food poisoning outbreaks at holiday resorts every day and I am relieved that I did not decide to go to Cyprus... read more
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Friday, April 9, 2010
I heard the news report that the man who is considered to be the cornerstone of the punk rock movement in the 1970’s died yesterday, 8th April. Most of the press and TV coverage referred to Malcolm as having died of cancer. This is because most people have not heard of... read more
By Simon Weilding in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Thursday, April 8, 2010
In January 2010 I alerted you to problems at the Voyager Beach Resort, Nyali, Kenya. The original blog can be read here. We continue to be contacted by disgruntled returning holidaymakers who were taken ill whilst at this hotel in the past few weeks. Guests complain of symptoms consistent... read more
By Nick Harrison in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Tuesday, March 30, 2010
As a racing cyclist, I have had no option but to get out in the adverse weather conditions over the past couple of months so as to build fitness for the 2010 season.If riding on icy roads was not bad enough, the conditions have caused damage to roads all over the country with many potholes... read more
By Simon Weilding in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Friday, March 26, 2010
Further to recent blogs regarding holiday illness outbreaks in Tenerife, the Daily Telegraph have today run an interesting piece regarding so called ‘sick hotels’. The article can be read in full here. The Head of the Travel Law team at Pannone LLP, Andrew Morton has contributed to the... read more
By Kerry Blackhurst in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
As I have personally dealt with three toxic sofa claims and achieved successful outcomes in all cases, I was disappointed to read in the Guardian of a group of over 300 claimants who have been deprived of the chance to recover damages for their horrible injuries as a result of purchasing... read more
By Tim Grover in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Tuesday, March 23, 2010
It appears that the holiday company marketing machines are well and truly up and running this spring. I seem to be inundated with adverts for holidays at every turn. Clear blue seas, golden sandy beaches and palm trees are the staple advertising images. However, with a little more... read more
By Simon Weilding in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Monday, March 22, 2010
I posted a blog on 22nd February 2010 regarding holiday illness at the Dreams Palm Beach, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. It seems that rather than being eradicated, the problem is ongoing with more and more guests falling ill with sickness and diarrhoea symptoms. We have been contacted by... read more
By Stephen Jewell in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Thursday, March 18, 2010
The recent appeal case of Gouldbourn v Balkan Holidays Limited & Anor (2010), has underlined the critical importance of claimants having before the court at trial evidence of the relevant local standards in the country where their accident occurred. The claim... read more
By Simon Weilding in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The summer holiday season is rapidly approaching with many of us wanting to escape to sunnier climes and recharge our batteries. The last thing on the holidaymakers mind is the possibility of contracting food poisoning / gastric illness but from past experience illness outbreaks can occur in... read more
